As the Supreme Court on Monday directed the listing of the Ram Janmabhoomi title suit matter for January 2019, the RSS and the VHP mounted pressure on the government to enact a law, with the Shiv Sena joining the chorus. The government remained cautious in its reaction.

In a first-of-its-kind outreach from which opposition leaders kept away, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said the organisation has emerged as a "power" in the country and many people target it out of fear but said diversity should be accepted and it should not become a reason for discord.

If Rahul Gandhi participates in the meeting called by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to discuss the country's future, he can take the opportunity to seek clarifications on the organisation's worldview. The replies by the RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, to the Congress president's questions cannot but have an impact on the outfit's future in case a clear picture emerges about its attitude towards the various communities.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is likely to invite Congress President Rahul Gandhi for an event next month in Delhi, said a media report.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi has once again compared the RSS with the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist organisation, and said both were banned after the assassination of the top leaders of India and Egypt -- Mahatma Gandhi and Anwar Sadat, respectively.

The BJP on Friday attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi for comparing the RSS with the Muslim Brotherhood and accused him of possessing hatred against the current government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the BJP and RSS were weakening the country "by causing divisions and spreading hatred."

Aaney wali naslein hum par Fakhr kareingi, hum asaro,Jub unko yeh khayal aayegaHumney Atal ko dekha thaa(By way of poetic license I have replaced Firaq with Atal)"Coming generations will remember us with awe,When it dawns on them that we had actually seen Atal Bihari Vajpayee"

Within months of the Bharatiya Janata Party's victory in 2014 general elections, the then HRD Minister Smriti Irani, claims a new book, "met with senior RSS figures" who wanted "the essentials of the Indian culture" to be reflected in the school curriculum across the country.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) blamed “divisive political forces” for attempting to make former President Pranab Mukherjee “refrain” from attending its event and then for posting a morphed photograph exhibiting him in a prayer position just like the member of the organisation.